Hello, i've been here for a while learning from you guys so i figured i better post something/introduce myself.  Mabey i contribute something too.  Ill do my bio/info thing soon too but heres a fish i made for a walleye nut/friend i work with.  I cheated and welded the bottom fins on and used a cut off wheel for the fin marks.  Beginner!  Salute you blacksmiths.

I see my pic is 1.2 mb before o post.  Hope its not too big.  Here goes.

Cheating? When there are no rules, there's no cheating.  Nice looking fish! 

What was the starting stock? 

Okay, now make an electric eel with a hidden battery....

Actually hot cutting the fin marks is faster and easier and cheaper than using the cut off.   Have you looked into temper colouring it?

There's a fair bit of hammering there if my perception of the size is right. Well done! (Like Das, I would like to know what stock you started with.)

As Thomas said, the fin marks are easily done with a slightly rounded chisel.

  Thanks!  

Daswulf - that is 1/2"x3"x12" to start with.  Lol no rules indeed!  That works

 

JHCC - I MAY HAVE TO MAKE ONE WITH A MOTION ACTIVATED TASER HAHA!

 

Thomas - too late on color scheme i gave it away already...  i will try hot chisel on my next project.

 

Ausfire - that fish took a lot of hammering and heating.  Actually that was my first forge project of that sort so it took a while!

Funny, I just got back from the river trying to catch one of those and HERE they are all along!  Good stuff.

Tough chewing zadforney.  I made that for a friend, hammered it out, wire wheeled it, made a base for it and took a pic oof it.  Then i gave it to him and posted a pic on here.  NOW I see it has no gills!! Good gravey.

I like the fish you did, very life like.

 

Here is a fish I made for a friend some years ago, just hammered out the shape, and used metal stain for the colors

That's a fine fish there, poundhound.  Of course, I'm a big fan of fish, and that is nice!  I bet your friend smiled when you gave it to him. <grin>.  I wish I had added some color to the one I made up above...  I gave mine away to a friend as well.  I suppose I could ask for it back for some "re-work"  but he likes it as is.  I think a prehistoric fish sculpture would be fun.

 Scott.

Would not a Coelacanth rather split the difference?

I've used temper colours to colour fish, unfortunately spraying them with a clear finish to prevent rusting also tones down the brilliance of the colours.  A torch makes controlling the colour spread a bit easier.

9 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:

Would not a Coelacanth rather split the difference?

They have no fangs...